Freeview Light on the Brighstone (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Brighstone (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 800 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Brighstone (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brighstone (Isle Of Wight, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Brighstone transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 72m | DTG- | 71W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 72m | DTG- | 71W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 72m | DTG- | 71W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Brighstone (Isle Of Wight, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Brighstone transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 31km north (357°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 29km north-northeast (19°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Brighstone (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 144W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3.1dB) 71W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 16 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 12:38. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 15:03 until 16 Apr 15:08. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 14:24 until 16 Apr 14:29. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 12:38 until 16 Apr 13:39. . [BBC]
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Friday, 11 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Sep 20:54 until 10 Sep 00:32. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:01 until 8 Oct 10:32. . [BBC]
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Monday, 16 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Nov 07:34 until 16 Nov 07:36. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:55 AM
4:55 AM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 23:42 until 11 Feb 01:00. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 31 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:48 AM
8:48 AM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 09:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:49 AM
11:49 AM
BRIGHSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 09:20 until 31 Jul 10:14. . [BBC]
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Friday, 23 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
Brighstone transmitter - Brighstone transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Brighstone transmitter - Brighstone transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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